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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was in the greatest demand following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) Gold and silver.
(b) Silver and uranium.
(c) Copper and gold.
(d) Copper and aluminum.

2. The scam which drove the rumor in Chapter 2 was intended to raise the prices of what?
(a) Silver and gold.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Gold and the U.S. dollar.
(d) Magnesium and silver.

3. How many of the forty sought-after metals were traded openly?
(a) 9.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

4. What company did Marc Rich buy as a tax shelter to hide his massive cash assets?
(a) 20th Century Fox.
(b) Pixar.
(c) CNN.
(d) Warner Brothers.

5. In Chapter 2, a rumor circulated that who had succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage?
(a) Margaret Thatcher.
(b) George Bush.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the personalities of the traders related to in Chapter 1?

2. What individual in Chapter 2 was also known as Dapper Dan?

3. What happened to the U.S. dollar in trading following the rumor's circulation in Chapter 2?

4. Who is surmised to have given the orders to initiate the rumor in Chapter 2?

5. In what year did the rumor circulate in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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